Re(2): Pignolias?
- To: r*@unm.edu
- Subject: Re(2): Pignolias?
- From: B*@monterey.edu (Barry Garcia)
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 17:31:51 -0700
rriedy@unm.edu writes:
>Pinus edulis, the famous pinon pine (sorry I can't put a tilde over that
>middle n in pinon), is the state tree of New Mexico. The cones open
>naturally and drop the nuts, which you then have to crack open. On the
>East Coast I used pignoli imported from Italy in cooking; here in New
>Mexico I use pinons. No difference. Equally tasty.
I remember gathering the nuts one day from the Monterey Pines (P. radiata)
here and eating the nuts. They are small so they werent worth collecting
for pine nuts. However i wonder if the seeds from Coulter Pines (P.
coulteri) are big enough?
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